Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-08
IHE NEMAERRELL PIN.

The Ohio state Journal devotes the
leading editorial of Its issue Tor June sth.
TO the sermon ON Disabilities for Drunken
ness" preached in this city, recently, IN the
Christian church, by Rev. \. Summer
bell, ID. d., In which he proposed to
turn the course of legislation against the
drunkard himself Promising that the Use
of strong drink induces either permanent
or temporary idiocy OF insanity, he thinks
the habitual and occasional drunkart shoCld
be dealt with in the same way as the chron-
ic or temporarily idiotic OF insane; that Is
that the laws should provide disabilities for
them a. for other insane individuals. All
insane persons have lucid moments: some
are more frequently lucid than otherwise;
but none arc Ia be trusted. Hence the man
who drinks 10 drunkenness should not be al
owed Ia transfer property without the con
sent of 4 guardian OF ot the courts: should
not be permitted 10 marry: if a physician,
should not be permitted TO collect fees for
professional services; if employed by a cor
porstion that fact should subject the COZ
porstion to heavy penalties: and 81 ON. The
State JourndI comments on this As follows:
Dr. Summerbel's proposals will doubt
less be considered radical by those who
look lightly upon the crime of drunkenness
and will meet with no favor from those
whose whole attention Is directed toward
liquor selling; but il would be difficult to
show wherein they are tallaciouS. unprac-
teal OF unsound. That they would, il
made laws. arm men with a constant and
powerful motive Ia resist the vice
OF drunkenness, that they would
To large extent be selt-operating and
self-enforcing. that they would induce in
the minds of the young a horror OF inebri-
alton that no prohibition diatribes ever do,
and that they would Danish fashionable.
social and jocular intoNication, seems clear
~ evident; and A. nearly all drunkenness
begins in the fashionable. jocular or social
WAY. there is hardly a doubt that they
would Ia a great extent haniSh the evil from
community
A man is insane when he is drunk. but
he is sane enough when he begins To- make
himself drunk; and such laws would operate
with potent force to prevent the beginnings
of inebriety. 4 judge upon the bench who
knows that the hrst nj ot iht"Nicatloh Will
sp,"'e i.", ah I'm Iii ,,r. ins,sn, a."
h.rm.nt. a nhysiri,n who knows that a
.apse from soberne,s would prevent him
from collecting fees; young man who
KNOWS that dtuiiSri'i'eSS wiz e"et''ua'is
'A' -, aii'' - D., t,,,a, 60, L.
viii I,s,. contrnI of his ur,p,rty if ht. rer-
mits himself To get drunk-either of these
will hesitate long time before he applies
The intoxicating cup 10 a'H 'ip>; anu III SUCH
=, .n :" ,a ha 80 ra,har than lost
at IN. crime of ipebriatiou forfeit bopors.
offices. rights and privileges. and it will he
committed as rarely as any "ther crime
'''aa T, '''aes ,ii',I"' 'i,. i'll,
,,.inst ,h., uhi.,, is hn,h , ,.ics ,na
crime by infiicting penalties and disabii-
ties upon the criminal, is too plain 10 need
argument
th-re Is g""d d"ai IN WHAT if. sum
mefpeii ana the Htdtt J""i't"' say ihe
indn VINO DiSs ana uIlihS CERTAINLY >hhItS